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A m a t e u r January 1993
Issue #388
PUBUSHER/EDITOR
Wayne Green W2NSDIl
R a d i o T o d a y
ASSOCIATE PUBUSHER
David cassidy Nl GPH
MANAGING EDITOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bill Brown WBeELK
PROOUCTlON EDITOR
Hope ClJrrier FEATURES DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL ASSOCtATES 10 The Techno-Whizzy 1, Part II 88 AboYe and Beyond
Sue Jewell 81 Ad Inde.l
Build a direct digital synthesis (DDS) transmitter N9JZW
Joyce Sawtelle 10 Ask~boom
16 Programmable-Frequency Audio Generator
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS High accuracy with digital control. Redman 92 Barter 'n' Buy
Mike Bryce WB8VGE 52 Carr's Corner
24 The SP-1 Transceiver
Joseph E. Carr K41PV 64 Dealer Directory
David Cowhig WA1LBP Build the HF "Spider." WA8TXT 17 Feedback Indel
Miehael Geier KBtUM 32 Twin Crystal Ladder Filters 54 Ham Help
Jim Gray W1Xun 50 Hams with Class
Upper or lower sideband filters using inexpensive crystals. ........
Chuck Houghton WB6lGP 46 Homing In
ArnieJohnson N1BAC ......................................................................................N2DCH
Or. Man::: Leavey WA3AJR 38 Handi-Beacon .. Never Sly Die
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MacAllister WASZIB 64 NewProducts
Tum your tape recorder into a beacon controller WB9YBM
Joe MoefI KOOV 72 Packet &Computers
carole Perry WB2MGP 96 ProplIgatlon
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REPRESENTATIVES 76 RTTY Loop
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Dan Harper 86 7J International
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Sue Colbert 78 Special Events
1-603-924.()()58 42 The SR4 Multimode Simplex Repealer 94 Unc:1e Wayne'. BooUheIf
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~ 1 on yOU' Feedback Clln:l \/OIVeddwointh' packet radio. AM it isn' as
if you know that there are several
Ihousand hams having a ball with n.
So let's look at this lear thing and
see If we can understand it better. Peo
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ple generally lear things they don1
derstand. nght7 SO tel's look attha otIl
er side 01that coin. Are Ihere any
NEVER SAY DIE
things you understand that you lear? I
said lear. I'm no! alraid of electJiCiI)'. I
Wayne Green W2NSD/l respect iI. t've gotten knocked on my ki
ester a couple 01 times and thaI's gen
erated a surprising amount 01 respect.
But ij's not fear or terror.
Once we take the trouble 10 lind out
more about the things that we are
no
alraid of we longer are afraid, I'm
afraid when I'm wallOOg on a New Yen
street at night and a group d black or
Being One's Best Hispanic teenagers pass me. I'm alraid
When I took on my responsibility as value 01 this approach to lile and adopt
because I con't know whether Ihey are
While watching coe 01 Perot's com- a member 01 the New Hampshire Eco- rt. So how about you? Doyou eeme lor
dangerous or not. II's the unknown. II I
mercials a lew days before the eecnco. nomic De...erocrrent Commission I re- less than the best in what you do? Are
er- were to lake the trouble to get to know
I took particular note 01a comment fused to let the politicians and their you the best at work? Ale you achiev
ee- \hem I would no longer be afraid.
made by both Ross's lamily and lriends forts k) block the Cornrnssion !rOm ing your best in amateur radiO? Are you
The next trne fear twts, perhaps you
lhat he urged them to notjust be good' ing anything 01signifiCance hold me leaming ell you can Of are you cheallng
can consider that II you understood
or belter, but to be the very best they bacK. Ross's idea resonated with me. yourself? When you goldbrido:. Ihrough
what you are alraid of you wouldn'l be
could be in ere. this Is a philosophy Whenever I take up a new Interest I life you'reonlycheating )'OU"$811.
afraid. SO, instead of learlng and pr0b
worthy 01consideration. It got me to tend to go at it whole hog. When I got ters see, what is there !O do in am
ably running away or avoiding, try to
thinking .•. ha...e I done my best to be interested in horseback riding I took ateur radio that I haven't done yet?
lind oul more about wnat has fright
the best? How about you? lessons ... arld more lessons. I rcoro What new challenge Is there for me?
ened you . , • knowing met this will
Here you are. a licensed amateur. ceuer and better ellperts arld soon I What challenge is there lor you? What
eliminate your fears.
That means you've passed the license was teaching tiding instructors mysell. haven1 you done yet? Why not? What
Religions rule billions of lives
ellClm. Did you do it the easy way, by When I got into spatS car rallying I first are you'" excuses?
through lear. Fear 01 punishment lor
memorizing the Q& As? Or did you learned to navigate and then to drive. I
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sins. Fear of the devil, of heMfire, and
btJl:kle down and leam the theoty which de...eloped a new navigation system
so on. I can't lault them lor that be
you were being tested on? And since which lined shelves with trophies. I HovIs yoor chess game? Chess is a
cause it pays oil, It pays 011 in billions of
you've cctten your ticket ha...e you needed special watches which would wonderful game 10 teach kids because
dollars. We have some elltremely
been trying to learn more? I wiSh I keep time accurately all day so rtocno lt's lolally skill, with no chance element
wealthy raUg·ions. all built on fear. But
didn't know the answer to thaI. a tactory in Germany to make them for whatever. When you get invol...ed with
you know. we haven1 a shred of prool
As an amal8l.lr you have the opper- rre and I ~ed them. I discovered a chess you soon discover that the more
!unify toget involved witha wide variety special pepperllrinder-~ke calculalor you learn about the game, the better thai any of these tears are real. MiliQns
01 people believing things doesn' make
01 activities, How much advantage used in Europe for currency censer- you play. A good player will always
have you taken of this incre<:lible cccce- SiOns. but which was ideal lor ralying. I trounce a lesser player. Aha! So how !hem true, oIhefwiSe the soo WOUd SIiI
be spinning around Ihe earth and
tunity? Are you mar1ling time through _ nt to the Curta lactory in Liechten- does one get to be a good' player? You
Columbus would have lallen off the
ten made a
what's of your Iile talking aboul stain and deat to import them 00 thai the same way you gel good at
nothing at great length on 2m or DOe of for ratlyists. I de...eloped and printed my anything else ... you read a lot about it edge of the woOd.
own Now. are you ready to give packet a
the low bands? rally tables. which were Incredibly and you take some lessons from an ex
try? II's wonderful fun and you're miss
Being the best In amateur radio si"llie COflll<lred to those made by oth- pert. You'll have to memorize hurldreds
means different things 10 dilferenl 101les. ers. My ccstorers _re soon winning of openings, and mccsancs of end ing a whole big piece of our hobby. Yes,
of course YOU're going to have to Ieam
To me it means learning as much as alIlhe rases. game closings. You learn to be aggres
a lot. And you're going to make all
you can. II means exploring every When I got Interested in photogra- Sive or lose. The lact is thai the game
kinds 01 duam mistakes. Hey, there's
IOOde and every band. It means work- phy I read books, took lessons and of chess is a 'Mlnderlul faacher lor liIe.
always a first, right?
ing OX, going on DXpedillons, wor1dng spent endless tcors in the sc:hooI dark- In teach you the lundamentals 01 busi
Step two ... I expect a erter from
packet, ATTY. SSTV, moonbounce. room building my skills. I armed myself ness. You'U learn 10 do your homework,
you thanking me for pushing you Into
OSCAR, nansmqter hunts. ham club with everything from 35mm to 5x7 cam- be aggressive, and look for creative
this.
work. helping put on hamfests. helping eras. This helped me greatly when I be- new approaches to old Situations. You'lI
wilh emergencies. handli ng tralfic. came a TV cameraman at WPIX in Ieam the valUe of persistence.
Rea500 Prevails
helping newcomers get licensed, build- New York and knew how to compose Go Is another game of sk~1 and its
The League has backed down on
ing equipment, winning contests. run- pictures . .• and later when I was a TV popularity In Asia has a good' deal to do
a their oppo$itiOn 10 automatiC relaying
fling repealer, pioneering new ilodes direclor in Dallas and in Cleveland, I with the way the Asian countries have
or lechnologies, making friends lor helped my cameramen get great pic- been running circles around us in busi on the low bands. 1'1 let the packeteers
cuauues give you the gory details on what hap
America in other countries. and even lures. In my early publishing days I took ness. Chess and Go leach
pened.
serving your country in time of war. most of my own pictures. which are "'aluable to a country. They
Then there's being your best at your I didn't take up skiing until I was 44, help teach the work ethic. You don't win I can oncerstaoo concems aboutlhe
blind relaying 01 messages, where
work. What a shame It is when parents bul men I went et it furiOUsly. I look at chess unless you work at it, bul il
there would be a strong possibility 01
don'l teach their children the nrocr- lessons and more lessons. In just a lew you do you'l surely win. That's great
jarrming oontacts already in progress.
lance of being their very best. To me weeks I was skiing eenee than I ever training lor liIe.
This Is mUCh like K1MAN or W1AW
that means knowing more about my thought rc be able to in my life. 50 f
work than my coeceutors. II means took even more lessons. Now. at 70, Fe.. coming on their sell-assigned frequen
ees
and broadcasting blind.
endlessly doing my homework , .. I'm brittler and thus a M more cautious One thing tners been bugging me Is
Mosl 01 us pick what sounds like an
which isn't actually work because it's in the trails I ski since breaking some- why so few hams have actually tried
unused frequency and then ask if any
fun, It means attending conferences, thing would be extrerrets inconvenient,
packet radio. I wonder if it has some
one is using It before we launch into a
taking classes. readIng books, sub- but I still tear down the mountains. bav- thing to do with lear? A fear 01 erma.r
ca.
tong Pertlaps the packet ooilware
scribing to magazines. I just bought a ing more fun than should be legal. rassment 01 making mistakes when
new stack of books and am working my Somehow my parents 9CJI across to you're into ~lhing oomplelely new? developers can get our packet (and
se-e ATTY) systems to emulate this ap
way through them. are tediOUS to me the ococect 01 trying to be the beSl I A lear ci displaying your own ignorance
proach. II a relay station could send a
read because they're so poorty writteo, could at whatever I got Interested in. of both radiO and ~? A tear of
short coded signal which WOI.oid ask if
but most are wonderful and give me I've been preaching (his Idea in my ed- the unknown?
lots of Ideas, tenets, hoping others would see the It isn't as if iI costs much 10 get in- Continued on page 66
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LETTERS
young people interested and up out. 1 always looked lor feedback
grading their own skills in a few of Irom the emitter or collector to the
com
Ihe muIIiple areas 01 amateur radio. base; I did not realize it was a
From the Hamshack
mon
A suggestion I would make is to base configuration,
adopt a library, either a school or The rest 01 the article was equally
public library. Make it a normal prac insightful. Thank you.
tiee 10 donate a book on electronics
Joel Weder VE6VOX, Calgary, imagine. we usually gel quite a pile or amateur radio on each of your Jim Kocsis WA9PYH. South
Alberta, Canada I was reading my up when we gel on the rig. birlhdays or on July 4th as a birlh Bend IN Wayne, I thought I'd better
July/August copy 01 The Planetary I have been here lor eight years, day gill to the country. Skip that write to you and let you know that
co
Repoff (published by The Planetary arriving as a private and commercial meal out in the restaurant and I've been taking some (not all!) 01
Society, which promotes space ex pilot ground instructor and have nate a book instead. Send the XYL a your advice. A rst 01 all. I'm a sub
ploration) and came across a rather moved to being the seniOr instructor card and tell her that her ttcwers scriber since 1965 so I'm a Iong·lime
erncre.
inleresting "Doing More With lor 747 avionics systems lnstructcn were converted into a book. Encour reader 01 73.
Less: The New Way of Exploring the lor the flight crews. My termer occu age others to do the same. Ham radio is alive and well In our
Solar System," by Rex Ridenoure. pation was as a physiCs teacher in a town and I'm lairly active. but I
The article discussed the trend to high school in Minnesota. Wayne. I Fred E. Pierlng WD9HNU. Mait thought I would share some info with
wards smaller and more eeet-eeee do agree with some 01' your conclu land FL My Godl Wayne, what's you and 73 s readers on reo-rem
uve
space probes. What's interesting sions in your editorials concerning this world coming to? Since lhe birds radio subjects, I read a tot and have
about It for you and me is his de the education of youth. However, It have lelt the nest, my wile has con read some very interesting books in
scription 01 the rate oflectmological Is easy to use a big bruSh and 10 lemplated starting a small business, the past lew years. There are much
change involved: " .. . the SOl and think every classroom is the same. such as a groceIY shopping and de more interesting things and thoughts
commercial space segments are There Is a 101 of quality out there. livelY service for the elderly or in!inTI going on In the world than what the
we
three to live years ahead 01 the Granted, there may be less than in (She likes to spend other people's AP, UPI, etc. think shoUld know.
space exploration lield in developing previous decades, and the objec money- read: mine). So, when I Why am I mentioning this In a
and applying new satellite technolo tives 01 education may nol be appro read your editorial in lhe November ham radio magazine? Only to prod
gy; these groups were preceded by pnato 10 IOOay's required work force. issue I showed her the section you people to talk about more interesting
the academic and amateur radio So. why am I not Slill in the class wrote concerning "Making a Buck." things than RST, the rig, weather,
communrties." room? I had given a lot 01 effort to When I found her reading page 76 I a SLs, etc. My gosh, we have a
These days everyone (Wayne es the students , received several Inquired, "What are your doing?" "meeting room" that spans the coun
can
pecially) seems to be wondering awards for leaching excellence, and She responded that she found you try (actually the world!) that we
where amaleur radio is going--what received Itttle support from the local very interesting and profound, very use 2-4 hours a day for lree and we
will be our reason lor being. Well, I administratiOn. I did what I wanted to Informativei are not dOing itl I've tried skipping
think this article just shone a little do, did well, but received nothing ex She aaked hOw long you had the rubber-stamp OSO format and
light on the path . There are still tra beyond what an "average" teach been writing editorials and I told her have had some excellent discus
hams experimenting at the forelront er would receive. Finally, teaching 30+ years thai I could remember (l sions With fellow hams. I heavily rec
of technology, whelher it be with OS college placement physics, standard still have some 73s from the begin ommend this to the readers of 73-
CAR, packet or repeater linking via physics, and aerospace; and acting ning), Well, now I am under stnet or As far as TV is concerned, I per
sateune.
The club that I recently as radio dub advisor, chess d ub ad ders that from now on when I re sonally only watd'l a few shows reg
Joined here In Calgary (CARA) is visor, faculty social committee chair ceive my 73 in the mall, I am to turn ularly. I want to be Intcrmed or enter
sc
one of the most progressive I've man, athletic lield manager and It over to her so she can read your tained (made to laugh , not de
seen because (Il. seems to me) they ence depanrnent chairman wiped edilorials. Maybe she should pay lor peessedt). What can you do in your
keep politics to a minimum, aren't me out. The number of students in the next subscription? spate lime if you don't want to yak
alraid to jump into a new project and creased and the money available lor on the air? Anything! But don't waste
concentrate on getting things done. supplies went down, How do you L. E. Olcknon N8MKM, Jack. your time doing the same thing over
Those are, as any good business teecn physics when the annual mono son OH Wayne, your June editorial and over and over again. My gosh.
man knows, among the central keys ey per student lOt all supplies is less requires some comment. I agree we're not robots (or are some 01
to success. than a meal for two at McDonald's? that 20 wpm is a little silly in our digi you?). And il you can't read when
I recently gave up a well-paying Until the business world and the tal world. I am a Tech with 5 wpm, there is lime (my eyes get tired at
cucuc
job as a military photographer to go want to have responsive, but I really can't see the value In sur night but I still leel like I need some
tneocs
to college. Most of my think Quality schools and are willing to fering through the code to upgrade. input) there are tapes al your iccarn
I'm crazy to do such 8 thing during a SUPPOrl appropriate school goels Why not a series of tests which em brary that are Instructive, entertain
recession. but When I graduate as a emotiOnally and financially, there wiU phasize theory, rules and COUR ing Of just pleasing to the mind. Did
telecom technologist it'll "open a be little change. t did get tired 01 mu TESY? you ever try listening to one 01those
whole new world" to me, I guess my sic departments getting personal I started reading 73 as an SWL subliminal tapes (weight reduction,
point is that we, as amateurs (and computers to maintain Inventories ot because you had good articles on controlling anger, dealing with angry
North American soclety as a whole), instruments, uniforms and candy antennas and other topics and be people--Ihe list is endless)? Did you
need 10 be willing to take chances sales while the SCience department cause you didn't talk about SWls as ever try listening to a tape on sen
on
change and innovation. We can uses instructor-purchased comput if they were vermin. It takes more hypnosis? Or music Irom another
not allow ourselves to continue be ers. It was that or have none. But than glossy paper to make a maga culture? There are tapes that are
ing afraJd 01the future, then, music and athletic depart Zine. condensed verstons 01 some very
ments have their parent supporl Speaking 01 high-tech. I would good books.
Du 'ld K. Hansen K B0EVM, groups. Maybe there should have like to build a digital Signal processor Now, alter you've read something
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Greetings been a science concert some and a panadaptor or spectrum ana off the beaten path, try telling some
arr
from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Amateur evening. lyzer. Where are the projects? I en one you contact on the about it
radio is pretty limited here, although There will continue to be young joy "Above and Beyond" because it and discuss tt-you will be pleasant
the Oasis Amateur Radio Club has d reamer teachers, there will be pushes my un<Serstanding to the um ly surprised by their reacuo nt ome
own
been in operation since last Febru- those who sacrifice their lamily it. Isnllhat what Ir s all about? lor people at work. Mostly what rve
ary, The call is 7Z2AB and our OSL time to do a good job, but some- heard is: "Gee, I always wanled to
manager Is AAOBC. Th ere are where around the 30- or eo-some- Guy Metrocavich, via Inatinet I know about that . .. but t never had
about 15 hams on the roster and things they look in the mirror and thoughl Sheets and Grafs article tl· the time."
many activities going on. The equip- make some inner comment about tied -ATV Transmiller, Part I" (Au How about it Wayne, am I right?
ee
ment inCludes an lCOM 725; a Ken- "what Is this gelling me?" gust 1992) was greal. I enjoyed The most exciting things are the un'
wood 44OS; beams lor 12 and 17 Let me get off the soap box and thorough yet concise Circuit descrip known and the new. not the same
meters, and lor 10, 15. 20 and 40 to the main reason lor writing. Being tion. For example, the description 01 old same old.
can
meters. Our hours are somewhat here I appreciate the restrictions the 01 oscillator gave me all I need Pl ease keep "on our case s'
limited, but any availability of opera- on radio operations. I only hope that ed to understand how it wor1ted. Wayne. we need the constant men
iii
tion is appreciated. As you can amateurs are picking up the baton I have seen this oscillator in Cir· vationl
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{By Roy J. Cloutier, adapted from public
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postings on Prodigy. TNX WestJink Report
basement- plan 10 overhaul the Emergen Restrictive Scanner Law
#637, November 12. 1992.J
cy Broadcast System (EBS). EBS has not
been updated since 1976. Its name may The law prohibiting the manufacture
be changed to the Emergency Warning of scanners with (or easily mocIifiable to
Space Symposium a
System (EWS). Include) the cellular bands passed the
Proposed is a new form of silent testing Senate (reportedly without debate) on Oc Great Success!
and a cutback (from weekly to monthly) in tobe r 8th. The "ceuuter ban" was an
the amount of on-air testing. Actually, new amendment to the FCC funding bill and it The Tenth Annual AMSAT-NA Space
equipment will be able to lest itself. is entirely possible and even probable that Symposium and meeting was held at the
The FCC is suggesting a new "subaudt most senators ha d no idea the cellular beautiful lntelsat Headquarters building in
ble" warning system that will preclude us amendment was there or what it meant. WaShington, DC, on October 9- 11 . The
ing the familiar 2O-second lone that mixes The following comments, which have ap 300 in attendance heard presentations on
853 Hz and 960 Hz together in order to ac peared in several places, are speculation such diverse subjects as antenna testing
tivate emergency listening devices. until an official interpretation is published: for the Phase-3D spacecraft, use of the
Cable operators, who currently do not (1) Receivers With external converters, PACSATs, SAREX hardware configura
have to perform EBS lests, will be required lab-type receivers and tunable receivers tions and the AMSAT awards p rogram.
to join TV and radio broadcasters. are not affected by this law. Scanners are Once again this year, the AAAL co-spon
In 1991, EBS was used more than 1,500 affected. Once the law goes into effect sored an educational workshop at the
times. The Emergency Broadcast System (180 days from October 8, 1992), no scan Symposium. A complete satellite steucn
was activated nearly a day before Hem ner can be manufactured Ihat will cover that was installed for the weekend was
cane Andrew hit the south Florida coast. the cellular bands, nor can it be made to used to make several AO-10 and AO-1 3
eso
EBS was establi shed in 1951 as the be easily modified. contacts, including a scheduled with
CONELRA D (Control of Electromagnetlc (2) It looks as though as long as the a special event station at the AMSAT-Den
Radiation) system during the Truman ad scanner is made with a continuous large mark meeting being held in Copenhagen.
ministration to provide the president with frequency range, you can include the cellu Dr. Ron Pa rise WA4SIR was the ban
the means of addressing th e American lar frequencies. quet speaker. He entertained the audience
peopl e In the event of a nuclear attack. (3) This law does not affect used scan with a talk, slides, and a movie detailing
The service has yet to be used during a ners or scanners that were manufactured the Astrc-t space shuttle mission on which
national emergency. prior to the effective date of the law. he was a payload specialist and SAREX
The Truman administration envisioned Here is the exact text of the new law: operator. The evening ended with presen
that the President or a government agency SecAOB. INTERCEPTION OF CELLU tations of awards and a drawing for the nu
would activate the lone to control a master LAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS. merous door prizes that were generOUSly
radio or television station, one specifically (a)AMENDMENT-Section 302 of the donated by many different companies.
constructed to withstand an atomic explo Communications Act of 1934 (47 u.S.C.) is The printed proceedings (32 papers, al
sion. The station's command tone would amended by adding at the end the follow· most 300 pages total) are available from
be heard by other stations, linked in a ing new subsection: AMSAT-NA Headquarters. Look for a de
pyramid: Those stations would be heard by (d}(l) Within 180 days after the date of tailed report on the meeting and sympo
other stations, and so on. enactment of this subsection. The c om sium in the next issue 01 the AMSAT Jour
Currently, EBS Is only used at the local mission shall prescribe and make effective nal. TNX AMSAT-NA; Westfink Report
level to notify the public of dangerous con regulations denying equipment authoriza #637, November 12, 1992.
ditions: toxic leaks, tornadoes, burrcenes. tion (under Part 15 of Title 4 7, Code of
chemical fires, earthquakes, floods and Federal Regulations, or any other part of
SUCh. The EBS was even used during the that title) for any scanning receiver that is TNX •••
LA riots to call off-duty police officers back capable of-
to work. TN X The F. O. Flyer, October (A)receiving transmissIons in the tre • • • to all our contributors! You can
1992. quencies allocated to the domestic cellular reach US by phone at [phone], or
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receive transmissions in such frequencies. with us on CompuServe ppn 703tO,n5;
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ticulate, active amateur radio young (2)Beginning 1 year after the effective our other monthly publication, Radio Fun.
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